Ian Slater took the puck and shoved it past the goaltender, launching the Western Michigan Broncos to a 3-2 overtime win over the Northern Michigan Wildcats. Slater's goal kept the Broncos at an unbeaten 5-0-3 record, and propelled them to a weekend series sweep of NMU (4-3-1).
#14 Northern Michigan was hoping to come into Kalamazoo, Michigan and record their first win at Lawson Arena since early 2008. But the #6 WMU Broncos would have none of it, playing a hard-fought series and advancing in both the NCAA and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association standings.
The Wildcats were coming fresh off an incredible weekend against the University of Michigan, in which they won 5-3, and tied 3-3 in Marquette, Michigan. The seemingly unstoppable Wildcats seemed to have trouble this weekend, however, finding WMU's camouflaged jerseys, worn on Saturday in honor of "Military Appreciation Night." They were out shot on Saturday 33-14, and 29-14 on Friday.
The Broncos took a 2-0 lead in the first period, after Trevor Elias and Brette Beebe scored just two minutes apart in the opening frame. Northern Michigan's Stephen Vigier, who had two goals in Friday's contest, added two more goals in the second period Saturday, at just 21 seconds apart.
Ian Slater won the game quickly in overtime for WMU, shoving the puck past goaltender Reid Ellington just 28 seconds into the overtime period. Ellington was inserted for Wildcat goaltender Jared Coreau after the first intermission.
The Wildcats' task gets no easier, as they will host the #5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish this weekend, while Western Michigan gets the task of taking on #4 Michigan on the road at Yost Arena.
NMU sits in 7th place in the CCHA with four points, while WMU slides up to 2nd place with 11 points.
They trail CCHA leader Lake Superior State University by only four points, with a chance to pass the Lakers this weekend, as LSSU plays out-of-conference rival Bemidji State.
(Check out WMU's sweet military tribute jerseys here!)
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